Moses Itauma will headline another Queensberry bill, when he faces Jermaine Franklin in the main event of their latest Magnificent Seven show at Manchester's Co-Op Live Arena on January 24.

Franklin (24-2, 15 KOs) is well-known to British audiences, having gone the 12-round distance in spirited defeats against former Itauma opponent Dillian Whyte and two-time unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua during a five-month stretch between November 2022 and April 2023.

Itauma (13-0, 11 KOs), the WBA's No. 1-ranked contender, was originally slated to top the bill on December 13 alongside the evergreen fan favourite Derek Chisora in separate bouts, before news broke of Kubrat Pulev opting to box Murat Gassiev — conflicting with the sanctioning body's order days before to negotiate terms with the 20-year-old.

Instead now rather than wait on the sidelines for the Pulev-Gassiev winner, can bank rounds against a durable opponent in Franklin, who ended a 16-month layoff in September with a narrow 10-round points win over Ivan Dychko on the Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford undercard.

Elsewhere on the card, some tasty tussles have been announced to begin the new year including another crossroads clash at light heavyweight as Frank Warren marks 45 years as a licensed British boxing promoter with a big start to 2026.

The Ring's No. 10-rated contender, Willy Hutchinson (19-2, 14 KOs), seeks to pick up where he left off against Mark Jeffers when facing Ezra Taylor (12-0, 8 KOs), unwilling to wait after news of Lewis Edmondson's hip injury caused their British title fight fall through last month.

The pair were involved in an increasingly heated discussion ringside on November 1 as Joshua Buatsi's promotional debut ended contentiously with a 10-round majority decision win over Zach Parker, and eight days later they've been matched with one another.

British and Commonwealth featherweight champion Zak Miller (17-1, 3 KOs) faces a stern test against Liam Davies (17-1, 8 KOs) in the latter's second appearance at 126 pounds, while another promotional debut beckons when Sheffield middleweight Shakiel Thompson duels former British beltholder Brad Pauls.

Another former Lonsdale champion in Nathan Heaney, who had a two-fight series with Pauls last year, will bring his loyal Stoke supporters up north when facing Welsh southpaw Gerome Warburton (16-2-2, 2 KOs).

English 130-pound champion Josh Holmes (17-0, 6 KOs) makes his first defence against the always game Alex Murphy (14-2) while Aqib Fiaz (14-1, 2 KOs) looks to build on his Murphy win at the expense of a wounded but dangerous proposition in Jordan Flynn (12-1-1, 2 KOs).